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Seattle Storm promotional card, 2010
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Seattle lost its first women’s basketball team, the Seattle Reign, when the American Basketball League (ABL) folded in 1998, then in 1999 was awarded a WNBA franchise to begin in the 2000 season. As of 2024, the Seattle Storm has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs…
ID Number:2024.48.34.1
Date:2010
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Portrait of Babette and Joanna Eckstein, San Francisco, circa 1930
Sisters Joanna Eckstein (1903-1983) and Babette (Eckstein) Joseph Levinson (1906-1977) were the only children of prominent Seattle civic leader Nathan Eckstein (1873-1945) and Mina A. (Schwabacher) Eckstein (1877-1942). Nathan Eckstein Middle School is named in honor of Nathan's service as a member of the Seattle School Board. Joanna Eckstein was also civic-minded; she was president of Seattle Children's Home (now…
ID Number:Lib1986.2.51
Date:Circa 1930
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The Trianon Saturday Night, Vol. 8 No. 24, June 4, 1938
The Trianon Ballroom, located at Third Avenue and Bell Street, was an important entertainment venue in Seattle's musical history. One of several large dance clubs in the area which drew national Big Band talent, it was founded in 1927 by hotelier John Edward Savage (1879-1958) and had a 30 x 135-foot dance floor that accommodated more than 5,000 dancers. Operating…
ID Number:Lib1988.27.4
Date:1938
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Bob Young and radio announcer on stage at Trianon, Seattle, circa 1938
The Trianon Ballroom, located at Third Avenue and Bell Street, was an important entertainment venue in Seattle's musical history. One of several large dance clubs in the area which drew national Big Band talent, it was founded in 1927 by hotelier John Edward Savage (1879-1958) and had a 30 x 135-foot dance floor that accommodated more than 5,000 dancers. Operating…
ID Number:Lib1988.27.8
Date:Circa 1938
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Interior of Burke home "Illahee"on Lake Washington, circa 1898
Judge Thomas Burke and his wife Caroline had a large home on Seattle's Boyleston Avenue on Capitol Hill. They built a summer home, which they named Illahee, on the western shore of Lake Washington.This photo, taken by Anders Wilse between 1897 and 1900, shows the living room at Illahee. The Burkes have followed one of the fashions of the times…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.135
Date:Circa 1898
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Students posing outside Seattle Engineering School, 1917
Designed by prolific Seattle architect Victor W. Voorheess (1876-1970) for real estate developer Joseph Vance, the Seattle Engineering School opened in 1918 in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood. The three-story school contained 148 homes for students, many of whom were qualified blacksmiths, electricians, or steam engineers retraining as automobile mechanics. In 1920 the school opened the Kuay, a training garage…
ID Number:Lib1989.3.26
Date:1917
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Seattle Daily Press, June 8, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:Lib1989.19.2
Date:1889
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Seattle Daily Press, June 10, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:Lib1989.19.3
Date:1889
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Illustration of Toklas, Singerman & Co. building, Seattle, circa 1890
In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store. Originally located in Pioneer Square and named the San Francisco Store, it was later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co. In 1892 the founders sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.41
Date:Circa 1890
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Toklas, Singerman & Co. employees posing, Seattle, circa 1890
In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store. Originally located in Pioneer Square and named the San Francisco Store, it was later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co. In 1892 the founders sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.46
Date:Circa 1890